PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — The Brown Bears visit the Penn Quakers on Friday evening in an Ivy League baseball matchup at Hank DeVincent Field. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Rain is in the forecast, with game-time temperatures expected around 61 degrees.

Brown enters the game at 20-16 overall, while Penn is 17-18. The Bears are coming off a 16-8 win over Columbia on Wednesday. The Quakers last played Sunday, beating Harvard 7-6.

A player to watch for Brown is center fielder Mika Petersen. In Wednesday’s win, he went 3-for-4 with a home run and five RBIs. Over his last 10 games, Petersen has multiple hits in seven contests, including a 2-for-4 performance with a homer and three RBIs in a loss to Cornell on April 26.

For Penn, right-handed pitcher Benjamin Moulin is a key figure. In Sunday’s win at Harvard, he threw five shutout innings, allowing no hits and striking out six. Over his last four appearances, Moulin has allowed one earned run in 9⅔ innings.

Wednesday’s win for Brown featured strong performances from shortstop Matt Luigs (4-for-6, two RBIs) and second baseman Mark Henshon (3-for-5, home run, three RBIs). In Penn’s Sunday victory, center fielder Gavin Degnan went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, and pitcher Josh Katz earned the save with two innings of one-run ball, striking out three.

The series continues Saturday with a doubleheader at Penn. Interstat’s game simulator projects a 7-6 Brown victory, while the ELO system gives Penn a 68.4 percent chance to win.